Do you remember being taught how to communicate when you were a child? Probably not. It’s something we pick up by observation and osmosis. By that I mean we absorb the rules of our culture and mimic them so we’re accepted and fit in. Do you consider yourself a good...

Being confident and having enough confidence is a central theme for many of my clients and students on NLP training too. But this ‘thing’ called confidence can be a bit trixy don’t you think? People talk about it like it’s a willo-the-wisp that we can’t quite catch,...

Our overall happiness and contentment in life is based on having our human needs met. You may have heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (below) as it's well known in the education, personal development and business world. According to Maslow, humans needed to have one...

Remember that scene in the film Mary Poppins where she uses a tape measure which describes people? The little boy is described as ‘extremely stubborn and suspicious’. The little girl is described as ‘rather inclined to giggle and doesn’t put things away’. And Mary...

You create your own reality. Does that statement make you leap for joy, or does it feel like a HUGE responsibility? Some people take it and run with it - masters of their own destiny - the responsibility sitting so lightly on them that they could almost take off and...

Do you procrastinate? If you said no, I don’t believe you because at different points in life we ALL do. You know sometimes it’s healthy too! It’s our mind’s way of telling us that something isn’t quite right. It’s like a kind of sense check. We think we know what...

Fear is a funny old thing. It’s nature’s way of protecting us by invoking a fight, flight or freeze response when we’re afraid. As part of our ancient wiring it allows us to act appropriately when we’re in a dangerous situation, like facing a dangerous wild animal or...

Are we obsessed with imposters? Have you ever noticed, it seems like many books and films run with a story line involving an imposter? There’s often a character masquerading as someone they’re not and often for some kind ofl gain. Take The Man in the Iron Mask, The...